How does one import symbols from a .fla file to an

Question

This is my first time working with AIR. In previous AS3 projects in FlashDevelop, I would create a .fla file with Flash Professional in the same directory as my source files and link my main class as the document class. I used Flash to create symbols and export them for actionscript and then wrote the definitions in FlashDevelop. That isn't working with AIR.

I have the .fla file in the same directory with all of my source files. FlashDevelop AIR Mobile compiles the project fine, but the application is a white screen. Compiling the same project with the same compiler in Flash Professional works perfectly, showing all of the symbols.

How do I access the symbols in my .fla file if I am compiling from FlashDevelop?

Answer 1

Try the following.

In Flash Professional, go to your publish settings. Check the .swc box to export a swc when you publish (and make sure the export location is in one of your flash develop project sub folders. A subfolder called 'lib' is common practice). Also, if desired, uncheck other outputs in your publish settings.

Publish your .fla.

In Flash Develop, find the .swc in the project panel directory tree, right click it, and choose "Add to Library" You may also need to right-click again and choose "options" and tell it to "Include completely".

Now all the symbols from your .fla are available to your FlashDevelop project.